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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu view the world differently, and their contrasting approaches are now on display in the effort to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Mr. Obama believes negotiation and diplomacy are the most promising tools at his disposal. It's why he has pressed forward to reach an agreement that would limit, but not end, Iran's nuclear program and provide an opening for nuclear weapons a mere decade from now. Mr. Netanyahu believes such negotiations border on appeasement, and argues military force remains the most effective deterrent to Iran's ambition. It is a case we expect him to make Tuesday to a joint...

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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu view the world differently, and their contrasting approaches are now on display in the effort to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Mr. Obama believes negotiation and diplomacy...

If you have noticed that jobs are scarcer than they used to be, that the cost of living keeps going up but incomes do not, that foreign countries are making most of the goods sold in America and that goods cost more but are of inferior quality, these...

On a recent tour of Ukraine, the question was asked at least a dozen times.
"Were you afraid to come?"
Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued strategy of promoting and supporting a war in the far eastern portion of Ukraine — and Russia's...

JAMES CITY — The eyes that see America most clearly as "a shining city on a hill" and "the last best hope of man on earth" that President Ronald Reagan spoke of, are often those of immigrants.
Some here lament the decline of the...

NEWPORT NEWS — All is peaceful in the tree-lined neighborhood that will be his home for another six weeks. Five thousand miles away, where his family awaits his return, there is uncertainty and fear.
Yevheniy Senchenko gathers what he can from news...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio joined President Barack Obama Tuesday in a pledge to protect the ocean.
The Washington Post reports DiCaprio plans to spend $7 million over the next two years on marine conservation, while Obama vowed to use his executive...

A substance that boosts energy efficiency and reduces fires — what’s not to like?
Well, plenty if you’re a fish or a fish eater.
So says a report that examines hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, published in August in the journal Environmental Science and...

France sees a window of opportunity after Israel's elections to get the United States on board with a new push for Mideast peace, and is preparing a draft U.N Security Council resolution in about 12 days, according to French diplomatic officials. The...

Two members of a banned leftist group and a prosecutor they held hostage inside a courthouse in Istanbul died Tuesday after a shootout between the hostage takers and police, officials said. Istanbul's police chief, Selami Altinok said police had...

Yvan Deknudt's dairy farm has been leaking money and he believes that things are set to get worse imminently. That's why he drove his tractor right into the big city on Tuesday, parked it outside the headquarters of the European Union and set fire to...

Boston is a typical English town — ancient church, traditional shops, Polish supermarkets, Baltic bakeries. Amid the bargain-hunting crowds on market day, eastern European languages are almost as common as the local Lincolnshire accent. Immigration has...

PRAGUE Ukraine isn't making real progress in the investigations into the dozens of deaths during the Maidan protests that ousted a pro-Russian government last year, the Council of Europe said. Insufficient manpower, poor communication, a lack of...

In a highly anticipated announcement, the United States will offer a roughly 28 percent emissions cut as its contribution to a major global climate treaty nearing the final stages of negotiation, according to people briefed on the White House's plans. The...

British Prime Minister David Cameron paid a courtesy call on Queen Elizabeth II, then launched a most uncourteous attack on his main political rival as campaigning formally began Monday in the most unpredictable U.K. election in decades. The royal...

ABUJA, Nigeria Former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari took a wide lead in the presidential race with almost half of the 36 states reporting results from the March 28-29 general elections. Buhari led with 61.5 percent of the vote to 34.4...

Hopes of a restart to talks to reunify the small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus swelled Monday after breakaway Turkish Cypriots said they will halt their own search for gas off Cyprus' coast. Ozdil Nami, Turkish Cypriot foreign minister, told The...

NATO'S secretary-general wants more joint action with the European Union to face the security challenges coming from Russia and the violent Islamic extremism plaguing some countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Jens Stoltenberg told a European...

ABUJA, Nigeria Early results in Nigeria's presidential election showed a tight race as tensions mounted in the key oil- producing Rivers state and the northern city of Bauchi where the main opposition party alleged the vote was rigged. Results...

This is the moment when Sandrine Koffi's dream of a new life in Europe ended — and her nightmare of an infant lost in the Macedonian night began. As club-wielding police closed in, the 31-year-old from Ivory Coast couldn't keep up with her fellow...

A journey by African migrants as they tried to reach the European Union through the Balkans ended largely in defeat after a 10-day, 200-kilometer (125-mile) hike. But weeks later a dogged, lucky few finally reached their EU destination of Hungary. This is...